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U.S. Economy: Producer Prices Fall, Retail Sales Slow (Update1) 

The core rate of the producer price index, which excludes energy and food, rose 0.1 percent last month, the same as in July. The cost of cigarettes climbed, and without the increase in tobacco prices, the core rate would have been unchanged, the Labor Department said. . .

Cigarette prices rose 2.6 percent in August, the largest increase since a 6.3 percent gain in February. Philip Morris Cos., the world's largest tobacco company, raised cigarette prices to distributors by about 3 percent to pay for legal settlement costs.

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